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During this CoLab event, presenters Judith Josiah-Martin (University of Maine, Social Work) and Alison Smith Mitchell (Plymouth State, Social Work) demonstrated how to create a climate of courageous inquiry through […]
- Categories: Information Literacy, SPIN 2024
Following an activity on digital literacy — and, specifically, research in a time of information abundance — SPIN participants were invited to create creative “takeaways” about important lessons or themes […]
- Categories: Building a Classroom Community, Featured, SPIN 2024
Presenter: Aimee Pascale Many active engagement strategies are evidence-based to support retention, learning, and the student experience. Learn about a few quick, easy to implement active engagement strategies conducive to […]
- Categories: Building a Classroom Community, Featured, SPIN 2024
Presenter: Brad Moser During the Spring 2023 semester, I trialed a 7-week student-designed, measurement-based project to reengage my students in introductory physics. This was a big success! I’ve extended this […]
- Categories: Information Literacy, SPIN 2024
Presenter: Alison Mitchell I will share an assignment and module I experimented with in my Fall 2023 semester Social Work Research Methods course. I decided to tackle the generative AI, […]
- Categories: Featured, Inclusive Pedagogy, SPIN 2024
Presenter: Jessie Chapman Checking in is a classroom engagement tool I have carried over from my work in professional and educational theatre settings. It effectively uses the first five minutes […]
- Categories: Featured, Instructional Design, SPIN 2024
Presenter: Nat Tuck Typically programming assignments are given as homework and students are allowed to use arbitrary online resources as long as they don’t directly plagiarize. This semester I tried […]
- Categories: PSU Specific, SPIN 2024
The CoLab put together this short publication for SPIN with information and links to resources that PSU faculty might find helpful when planning for fall classes and next year. Download […]
- Categories: Assessment & Ungrading, SPIN 2024
Presenter: Suzanne Gaulocher Borrowing from an equity workshop I did with the CoLab a few years ago in collaboration with a colleague at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, I’d […]
- Categories: Featured, Instructional Design, SPIN 2024
Presenter: Jason Charrette This presentation will discuss the why and how of using role-playing simulations as the principal mode of classroom instruction. Using examples from courses taught at PSU, it […]
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